Your preferred office location

Emergency assistance (25 Dec 2025 – 5 Jan 2026):
For criminal or traffic matters, call our Criminal Lawyers — Lisa Riley on 08 9211 2626, or James Gatti on 08 9211 2612.
For all other enquiries, call 08 9211 2624.

HHG Articles

Articles

REGISTERED BUILDERS | PLUMBERS | PAINTERS

Managing Director, Murray Thornhill, and Associate, Patrick Beilby, in our Dispute Resolution team have highlighted that parties wishing to resolve complex building disputes…

Articles

10 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT FAMILY LAW

10 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT FAMILY LAW Many people share their experiences and stories from their family law…

Articles

HHG CONSTRUCTION LAW SERIES PART 6: LIQUIDATED DAMAGES

Liquidated damages (LDs) give powerful relief for delayed construction works.  But the right to LDs can be quite vulnerable because…

Articles

ADULT CHILD MAINTENANCE AND PAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN OVER 18

Adult Child Maintenance A child who is over 18 may be able to obtain financial support from a parent if…

Articles

IS A PARENT ACTUALLY A ‘PARENT’?

Written by Eliza Fitzgerald, Lawyer, Family Law The High Court is set to deliberate on parental role of a sperm donor…

Articles

SETTING ASIDE A BINDING CHILD SUPPORT AGREEMENT

For a number of years, we have noticed an increasing number of parties entering into Binding Child Support Agreements.  A…

Articles

WHAT TO INCLUDE IN A SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT

Introduction   Purchasing shares in private or proprietary limited companies in Australia continues to be an attractive option for many…

Articles

EXTENSIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT REFORMS – RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVIEW PANEL

HHG Legal Group’s Director Murray Thornhill and Lawyer, Fintan Roberts discuss the key recommendations that have arisen from the Local Government Review Panel. Yesterday…

Articles

ENDURING POWER OF ATTORNEY

What is an Enduring Power of Attorney? Enduring Powers of Attorney enable a person over the age of 18 years…

Articles

CIVIL CONTRACTORS’ LEGAL GUIDE: QUALITY

Standard of Workmanship Most standard-form contracts provide that a contractor’s works are to be carried out in a “proper and…

Articles

What To Look For When Choosing A Family Lawyer

Your divorce or separation is bound to have a significant impact on all aspects of your life. This period in…

Articles

BHP TO REVIEW ITS POLICY ON BACKGROUND CHECKS ON NEW EMPLOYEES | THE WEST AUSTRALIAN | 7 JULY 2021

HHG Legal Group Director Murray Thornhill was proud to feature in The West Australian, ‘BHP to review its policy on background checks on new…

Articles

NEW CERTAINTY FOR RENT RELIEF NEGOTIATIONS: WA’S NEW COMMERCIAL TENANCIES CODE OF CONDUCT (PART III)

Matthew Lilly explores the newly gazetted WA Code of Conduct which finally provides certainty for landlords and tenants looking to…

Articles

THE WAIT IS OVER FOR AUSTRALIA’S WHISTLEBLOWER REFORM.

Blair Campbell, Senior Associate and Murray Thornhill, Director and Notary Public from the Commercial Litigation Team update individuals and employers on the…

Articles

WILL I LOSE THE FARM? – FARMS IN FAMILY LAW PROPERTY MATTERS

Family farms present a difficulty in family law property settlements.  Often, farmers are asset rich, but cash poor.  It may…

Articles

ASK AN EXPERT: GREG GAUNT ON PONZI SCHEMES

HHG Legal Group is proud to be an expert for Legalwise News, assisting the publication answer reader questions. In their…

Articles

CHILDBIRTH MAINTENANCE

Child support is not the only liability that is imposed on single parents. Under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) a father…

Articles

PARENTING PLANS – THE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

It is in the best interests of the children of separating parents that the parents reach agreement as to their…

Articles

A CASUAL ATTITUDE TO CASUAL EMPLOYMENT?

HHG Legal Group’s Employment Law team’s Murray Thornhill and Kimberly Jones discuss recent cases involving casual employee dismissals and the common misconceptions employers and employees may…

Articles

WILLS, MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA

WHAT IF I GET MARRIED AFTER MAKING MY WILL? If you marry after you have made a will, your marriage…

Articles

FEDERAL AND STATE WAGE INCREASE DECISIONS 2022

Gemma Wheeler Carver, Senior Associate, in our Employment and Dispute Resolution teams, has outlined the wage increase announcement made by the Fair Work Commission. Wage…

Articles

THE BENEFITS OF HAVING GREAT TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR YOUR SMALL BUSINESS

When starting a small business there is a lot to do, and it can be tricky to manage the competing…

Articles

‘HHG GIVING BACK’ – A ROLE MODEL IN CHARITABLE GIVING BY LAW FIRMS AND OTHERS? THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS ‘YES’

Charitable work carried out by the legal profession, including pro bono legal representation, is rarely acknowledged  in the community, mainly…

Articles

DOUBTFUL DEBTS

What simpler legal question could there be than: “What is a debt”? You don’t need to be a lawyer to…

Articles

ARE YOUR EMPLOYEES ENTITLED TO A PAY RISE FROM 1 JULY 2021

Murray Thornhill, Managing Director in our Employment and Dispute Resolution teams share the news that the Fair Work Commission has announced that the minimum wage…

Articles

APPEALS FROM THE MINOR CASES DIVISION OF THE MAGISTRATES COURT – TRAPS FOR THE UNWARY

Special Counsel, Blair Campbell, in our Dispute Resolution team outlines the not so appealing issues with civil appeals from the Magistrates Court. While…

Articles

OVERNIGHT STAYS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS – A TRICKY FAMILY LAW ISSUE

There is a lot of debate around and research into when overnight stays for 0-4 years olds should commence, or…

Articles

CIVIL CONTRACTORS’ LEGAL GUIDE: TIMING

Basic principles There are two basic principles to remember about timing: time is virtually always of the essence of a construction or…

Articles

TRIVAGO FOUND GUILTY OF MISLEADING CONSUMERS

HHG Legal Group’s Commercial Litigation Director Murray Thornhill and Lawyer, Alex Turner, explains how one of Australia’s most popular third-party travel sites breached…

Articles

HOW TEACHERS CAN HELP CHILDREN THROUGH A DIVORCE

Written by Steve Cohen, Managing Associate, Family Law In recent years, the national divorce rate has risen; this has had major…

Categories

Load More

Supporting Western Australians for more than 100 years

The way you represented us, your professionalism, and support was excellent. I was really impressed with the way you spoke to the judge about the accident details and how you turned the case around. We understand both parties were at fault, but without having you in our corner the result would have been a lot different. It was a very stressful situation for us both, and the support you gave us is something we will remember. Thank you so very much.

DAVID

Dianne has been an incredible help through my separation and I really appreciate all the work she has done, her approach to it all and her high level of knowledge.

A.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your help and expertise in helping me out on my situation. You all have been very professional and easy to talk to, putting my mind at rest. I can’t recommend you and your services enough. Thank you HHG.

Anonymous.

We are delighted and more than satisfied with the service provided by Aimee at HHG Mandurah.

Ours was a complex estate transaction that I was a little nervous about. I needn’t have worried. Aimee explained the complexities of the process with great clarity with the fee structures being totally transparent and clearly itemised. I will be forever grateful to Aimee and the HHG staff for their professionalism and competence.

We could rest easy knowing we were in safe hands.

Grant.

Thank you so so very much from the bottom of our hearts for all that you and your team have done Aimee.

Can’t say I am not relieved to not see an email from you but I will be in touch soon to sort our wills out. Lesson learned on that part!

Kerrilee.

Thank you so much for all you have done to assist us through this very complex journey, Aimee. 

You made this process so much easier for us to navigate, especially with all of the really complicated legal requirements. You genuinely took some pressure off us when life was happening around us.

Candice.

I’d like to thank all that were involved in my case, especially Lisa, she did a top job and I will never be able to thank her enough.  It is much appreciated and thanks again.

ANONYMOUS

“I highly recommend HHG Legal Group. Lisa Riley has provided the best legal advice.”

ANONYMOUS

“We are extremely pleased that Lisa Riley was recommended to us.  Lisa was very upfront with us as regards possible outcomes, kept us informed along the way, and successfully achieved the best possible outcome.  She was dogged in her pursuit of justice and we found her to be honest, helpful, caring, diligent, and very professional in all our dealings with her.

We would strongly recommend her (and her support team at HHG) to anyone needing to engage a top-quality criminal lawyer.”

WILLIAM AND HEATHER

Lisa Riley, I would like to thank you for all your help and support through this difficult and disappointing period in my life.

Your professionalism and supportive nature have been a welcome change and Alison and I are very appreciative of this, HHG is very lucky to have someone of your expertise and dedication working for them and we both can’t speak highly enough of you, I will be forever grateful to you and your company for all your help and kindness, I would highly recommend you and HHG to everyone who needs competent and professional legal representation.

Once again thank you so much.

ANONYMOUS